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  "id": 5086875,
  "title": "Survey: 27% of Americans say they turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for personal, emotional, or social queries, rising to nearly 40% among adults under 50 (Washington Post)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/survey-27-of-americans-say-they-turn-to-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt-for",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-02T12:25:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/09/02/27-us-adults-turn-ai-personal-emotional-social-queries/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg4MzIxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NzAzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODgzMjE2MDAsImp0aSI6IjZkY2JlZjdhLTY4ODMtNDFkYy05NGE2LWJhN2IxMGIxOWMxMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjYvMDkvMDIvMjctdXMtYWR1bHRzLXR1cm4tYWktcGVyc29uYWwtZW1vdGlvbmFsLXNvY2lhbC1xdWVyaWVzLyJ9.J487dBdOpj_Igs68fQjkRD4rhFpHKk42vgJMo11qwhc&itid=gfta"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than a quarter of U.S. adults turn to chatbots for personal or emotional discussions, including for entertainment or social advice, a new survey found.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PsyPost",
        "title": "Heavy ChatGPT use linked to intellectual laziness and social isolation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/heavy-chatgpt-use-linked-to-intellectual-laziness-and-social-isolation",
        "published": "2026-09-02T13:00:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}